Environment

Some 92,242 farmers in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire have been empowered by global agri-inputs giant UPL to engage in more sustainable, equitable and profitable agriculture. UPL Limited, a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions,…
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Farmforce in partnership with Fairtrade International has trained 400 members from 25 cooperatives in Cote d’Ivoire on how to use software, developed by Farmforce, to trace deforestation. According to Chief Executive Officer of…
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A global cocoa and ingredients trading giant, ECOM, has published a fresh set of commitments and time-bound targets to drive forward its mission to grow a smarter future for cocoa. The Smarter Cocoa Charter is ECOM’s first-ever…
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Rainforests are crucial for the survival of the planet and life on Earth, they pull carbon dioxide out of the air and release oxygen, making the air we breathe cleaner. Recent research has shown that forests do more than just store carbon,…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana risk impoverishment if urgent steps are not taken by the government to halt threats posed by illegal mining activities that are gradually destroying cocoa farms. According to a new Cocobod study, about 11,000…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana will for the first time have the opportunity to join their counterparts in Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon in a new competition to promote cocoa agroforestry. The winner gets to undertake a trip to Cameroon to study…
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The government of Ivory Coast is set to launch the West African country's National Strategy for Sustainable Cocoa production. According to government sources, the strategy will be based on improving the income of cocoa farmers and their…
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A new study by environment rights group Mighty Earth and its global partners claims cocoa production is still driving the destruction of forests in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The alarming findings from the world's top two cocoa-producing…
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A new Fairtrade study has revealed that the intensifying impacts of climate change pose a serious risk to global agricultural production and directly threaten the livelihoods of millions of Fairtrade farmers around the world. The study…
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Rainforest Alliance has called for investment into Nature-Based Solutions and Climate-Smart Agriculture ahead of the opening of the UNFCCC COP26 climate summit taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 - Nov. 12, 2021. The Alliance…
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